Combined squeegee and spray device



United States Patent COMBINED SQUEEGEE AND SPRAY DEVICE Samuel E. Lebet,Dearborn, Mich. Application May 3, 1952, Serial No. 285,999 2 Claims.(Cl. 15-133) This invention relates to a combined squeegee and spraydevice and more particularly to a device of this character in the formof a cap member adapted to be applied to the mouth of a bottle.

It is an object of this invention to provide a simple attachment in thenature of a cap for a bottle which includes a spraying device and asqueegee arranged such that a surface such as glass can be sprayed withliquid and simultaneously wiped with the squeegee.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary top view of the device of this invention asapplied to a bottle.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the device and bottle taken along thelines 2-2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken along the lines 3--3 inFig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the lines 4-4 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken along the lines 5-5 in Fig.2.

The device of this invention is adapted for use with a conventionalbottle such as shown at having a reduced neck and mouth portion 12 whichis exteriorly threaded as at 14. Accordingly, the device is providedwith a body portion 16 having a threaded bore 18 at its lower end whichis adapted to be screw threaded over the mouth of the bottle 10. Thebody portion 16 is preferably molded from plastic and fashioned with acounterbore 20 communicating with the threaded bore 18 at one end andwith the inner end 21 of a transversely aligned bore 22 through apassage 24 at its other end.

Within the counterbore 20 there is secured, as by cementing or othersuitable means, a valve body member 26 which supports a depending siphontube 28. The bore of tube 28 is aligned with a passage 30 in valve bodymember 26, the passage 30 in turn communicating with an enlarged passage32 in the valve body member which has a comically-shaped seat 34 onwhich a ball valve 36 seats by gravity to control passage 30. Theenlarged passage 32 communicates with the end of cylindrical bore 22through the passage 24.

Within cylindrical bore 22 there is arranged a reciprocable pistonmember 38. Piston 38 is fashioned as the inner end portion of a plungerstem 40. At its inner end piston 38 is cup shaped as at 42 and receivesone end of the compression spring 44, the oher end of the spring seatingagainst the end wall of bore 22. At its outer end plunger stem 40 isfashioned with an enlarged head 46 having a depending finger piece 48.Head 46 is formed interiorly with a valve port 50 controlled by a ballcheck 52 which seats on a conical seat portion 54. Port 50 communicateswith a central passage 56 extending through the plunger stem 40 andpiston 38 to the inner end thereof. The valve seat 54 is located at thelower end of a chamber 58 provided with an orifice 60 on the front faceof head 46. The orifice 60 (more than one orifice may be used ifdesired) is preferably fan shaped as shown in Fig. 5.

The plunger stern assembly 40 is arranged to be retained Within thecylindrical bore 22 by a stop nut 62. It should be pointed out that noattempt has been made to show in the drawing the exact manner in whichthe various pieces would be molded from plastic. For example, theplunger stem assembly 40 can be molded from two or more pieces cementedor otherwise secured together; and the head 46, for example, may beoriginally molded with an open upper end to permit insertion of the ballcheck 52. Thereafter a piece forming the top wall of the head 46 may becemented into place. The drawing merely serves to indicate the generalarrangement of the various elements. The particular design of eachelement to provide a satisfactory arrangement both from the standpointof manufacture and assembly may vary but is within the skill ofdesigners in the plastic molding art.

The upper end of body 16 is fashioned with a reduced upstanding threadedstud portion 64 provided with a vertical slot 66 at one side thereof. Anarm 68 has an apertured flange 70 at one end thereof which is arrangedto be inserted over the stud portion 64 and secured in place by athreaded nut or disc member 72. Flange 70 is formed with a lug 74 whichengages in the slot 66 to hold arm 68 in a position aligned in the samevertical plane as plunger stem 40. Arm 68 extends outwardly beyond head46 and is fashioned with a U-shaped retainer 76 at its outer end inwhich is secured a rubber blade or squeegee element 78.

The operation of the device is as follows: When the device is screwed onthe mouth of a bottle containing water or other suitable cleaningsolution, and the bottle is gripped in the manner of a pistol with theforefinger engaged with finger piece or trigger 48, the finger piece maybe reciprocated to discharge a spray of liquid through the orifice 60onto the surface being cleaned. When the plunger stem 40 is pushedinwardly of body 16 the pressure of the air or liquid in bore 22,passages 56 and 24, and chamber 32 causes ball check 36 to seat on theconical valve seat 34 and causes the ball check 52 to become unseated.Thereafter, when trigger 48 is released spring 44 tends to urge piston38 in an outwardly direction and this tends to reduce the pressure inbore 22, chamber 32 and passages 24 and 56. Thus, when trigger 48 isreleased ball check 52 seals with valve seat 54 and ball check 36 openspassage 30. Thus, liquid is sucked upwardly through tube 28 and intobore 22. On the successive inward movement of piston 38 the liquid inbore 22 will be forced out of head 46 as a spray through orifice 60. Thespray of liquid will be fan shaped and the various elements will bedimensioned such that the spray impinges against the surface beingcleaned over an area slightly less than the length of the squeegee 78 asis shown in Fig. 1. Therefore, if the finger piece 48 is actuated backand forth and at the same time the squeegee 78 is drawn downwardly overthe surface be ing sprayed, the surface will first be wet by the sprayemitted from orifice 60 and then wiped clean by the squeegee '78.

Thus, by means of the present device a cleaning liquid may be sprayedonto a surface such as a glass window or the like, and simultaneouslytherewith the surface may be wiped clean by means of the squeegee 78.The device can therefore be used very conveniently; and the fact that itis formed in the nature of a cap member for a bottle further adds to itsdesirability, since it can be employed with conventional bottles thatare sold con taining cleaning solutions for glass and the like.

I claim:

1. A combined spraying and squeegee device comprising a cap memberhaving an internally threaded recess at the lower end thereof forenabling threaded attachment of the cap to the externally threaded mouthof a bottle containing ,a cleaning liquid, a siphon tube depending fromsaid cap through said recess, said cap having a bore therein extendingtransversely of the axis of said recess and communicating with saidsiphon tube, a spring biased piston in said bore having an extensionprojecting but of said cap member, 'a head at the outer end of saidextension, said extension and piston having a passageway thereincommunicating at one end with said head and at the other end with saidbore, a spray orifice iirsaid head communicating with said passagewayand arranged to direct a' spray of liquid out of said head in a planeextending generally transversely of the vertical axis of said cap andbottle, means on said head for reciprocating said piston comprising amember arranged to be engaged and actuated by a finger of the hand inwhich the bottle is held, outwardly opening check valve means in saidpassageway and between said bore and said siphon tube said cap having atits upper end a support extending upwardly beyond said head, an armmounted at one end on said support and extending transversely of thevertical axis of said cap member and said bottle in the direction ofsaid head, said arm projecting laterally outwardly from said cap memberbeyond said head and having at its outer end a transversely extendingsqueegee blade, said piston and head, when reciprocated, serving to pumpliquid from said bottle upwardly through said siphon tube and outwardlythrough the ori- [ice in said head whereby when the bottle is held inone hand, its surface may be sprayed with liquid and the liquid wipedtherefrom in one operation.

2. The combination called for in claim 1 wherein said support comprisesa threaded portion and including a threaded member engageable with saidthreaded portion for retaining said arm on said cap member.

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